Using libsignal doesn't mean that there is no API to enable a side channel :) I think that google and apple would just comply and do whatever they are told, wh

Using libsignal doesn't mean that there is no API to enable a side channel :) I think that google and apple would just comply and do whatever they are told, while the f-droid guy needs to be hacked and might notice he got hacked, so in that sense it's safer.